2007 ODI World Cup: Top 5 Batsmen With Highest Strike-Rate In An Innings 1
Brendon McCullum

Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe) – 245.45 vs Pakistan (at Kingston on 21st March 2007)

Elton Chigumbura, 2007 ODI World Cup, batsmen, highest strike-rate
Elton Chigumbura (Image Credit: Reuters)

It was the 17th game of the 2007 ODI World Cup (Group D). After Pakistan were sent to bat first, while their other batsmen were struggling to score big runs, opener Imran Nazir played the most crucial knock of 160 runs (121 balls) and they managed the first innings total of 349 runs before getting all-out in 49.5 overs.

Later, while Zimbabwe had the revised target of 193 runs in 20 overs, they were bundled out for just 99 runs in 19.1 overs. However, the middle-order batsman Elton Chigumbura played a short firing knock of 27 runs off just 11 balls with the help of 4 sixes. He finished that short-lasting innings with the strike-rate of 245.45.